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Native American Authors Michael Dorris, 1945-1997 Modoc Michael Dorris was born in 1945 in Louisville, KY. He received his Master of Philosophy degree in 1970 from Yale University. He was praised for his sensitive and intelligent treatment of Native American concerns. He also published under the pseudonym Milou North.
Mini Bio. Michael Dorris graduated from Georgetown University in 1967 and earned a Masters Degree in anthropology from Yale. His Native American ancestry (he was part Modoc Indian) led him to found a Native American Studies Program at Dartmouth College, where he began teaching in 1972. He also adopted three Native American children suffering ...
18 apr 1997 · Louise Erdrich says her estranged husband Michael Dorris, writer who committed suicide in New Hampshire motel room on April 11, suffered from depression and sleeplessness; says Dorris deserves, in ...
1 gen 1997 · 656 ratings66 reviews. Ten years after his "dazzling" ( San Francisco Chronicle ) bestselling debut novel, A Yellow Raft in Blue Water, Michael Dorris returns to the family at the core of that work to write the rich score of the "full-blown, complex opera of his new novel, Cloud Chamber " (Robb Forman Dew). Opening in late nineteenth century ...
Introduction. Welcome to the enchanting world of A Yellow Raft in Blue Water by Michael Dorris 📚! This novel, first published in 1987, invites readers into a deeply interwoven narrative of three generations of Native American women, exploring themes of identity, family, and the complex bonds that tie us together. Contents.
Books. Morning Girl. Michael Dorris. Hyperion Books for Children, May 19, 1999 - Juvenile Fiction - 80 pages. Winner of the Scott O'Dell Award, this moving and poetic fictional story follows two Taíno siblings and their life in the Bahamas during the fateful year of 1492. Morning Girl and Star Boy couldn't be more different.
Michael Dorris was indeed a gifted writer, a brilliant academic, and even to some extent a social reformer, but Dorris' fall came quickly in 1997 when two of his daughters accused him of sexual abuse.
